Just pretend there is music; “There’s NO BUSINESS like SHOW BUSINESS like no BUSINESS I know! Everything about it is appealing! Everything the traffic will allow! No where else do you get that happy feeling ’till you are stealing another bow…” I’m singing it out! I am even pretending I am Ethel Merman. She was Bad-Ass as Annie Oakley. You want to know why I’m singing about show business? Rhetorical question, I’m going to tell you anyway. I am in the business of show business. It isn’t always profitable and things can go wrong, even with little money involved, I love show business!
“Everything about it is appealing.” Recently, I was settling up accounts at a venue from a showcase I produced (The show was awesome! It was a blast putting it on). But the settlement had changed and I received a lot less than was expected. When I inquired, “What the hell?” He started with creative accounting. He basically screwed me. It happens in business, even show business. Now he doesn’t like me, I don’t care for him, we are both going to be just fine. Show Business Baby, moving on to the next show. I still love show business!
The best part from the above scenario is that I put on an awesome show! I can do it again. I have had the privilege of producing many entertaining shows. I did make money on these shows. That’s just doing good business. I am not trying to get rich, but money does help make a bigger and better production. I just want to support my habit of producing comedy shows and not get evicted.
Otherwise I have to get some employment. Being self-employed doesn’t pay as much as Burger King right now. It will still be show business because that’s the only business I do. Even selling hamburgers, I would get stage time. I would become a character. Perhaps I would call myself John Henry. That sounds American. Squinting one eye to look ironic as I take your order. ”Aye, whopper junior, no cheese.” There has got to be an award for that kind of performance. Hooray for show business!
See my point? I am pointing at it. Show business has been in my blood since I was in elementary school and I was on the school TV channel talking about snakes. 2nd grade stardom, I even got a hug from Ms. Bates my super hot teacher. I was in love with her and she knew it. That hug launched me into show business!
I stayed on stage doing plays and dancing. I was in the High School chorus. I loved the bus rides home from performances because it was me and fifteen girls and two gay guys. There were always romantic shenanigans in the back of the bus after singing to an auditorium full of clapping people.
At one point, I wanted to play Rock and Roll. I played guitar in clubs when I was fifteen. I still do. I wanted to be a rock star so bad I even played guitar in church. That is wanting it bad.
Now my shows are about laughing. I love to laugh. When Aquafina bottled water and charged for it. A light came on. I could drink water from the tap for free or a bottle of Aquafina for $1.99. The popular choice is the bottled water. It was then I realized that I could go into business of “Laughter and Entertainment“. It is always fun to brainstorm show ideas with my friends. The trick…is to create into reality, what you are thinking about and get paid for it. Show business is about action. Action is my middle name. Dickey Bill “Action” Wagner. That’s why I love show business!
“There’s no business like show business.” SING IT Ethel! Amen! I am a believer. I could sell insurance…only if I was wearing a seven foot tall gecko outfit.